The next WILD & SCENIC STUDY COMMITTEE MEETING will be held Thursday June 20, 2019 from 7 pm to 9 pm
at the NRWA River Resource Center (592 Main Street Groton MA) as usual.

Study Committee Documents

Study Committee

The Nashua River Wild & Scenic River Study Committee consists of a representative and, in most cases, an alternate appointed by the participating town's Board of Selectmen.  The Committee meets on the third Thursday of each month. 

Current Study Committee Members:
Communities  (1 vote per community) 

• Ayer MA:  Beth Suedmeyer (rep) & Robert Pontbriand (alt)
• Bolton MA: Rona Balco (rep) & Rebecca Longvall (alt)
• Brookline NH: Jordan Bailey (rep) & Drew Kellner (alt)
• Dunstable MA:  Leah Basbanes (rep) & Jean Haight (alt)
• Groton MA:  Nadia Madden (rep / Vice Chair) & Stacey Chilcoat (alt)
• Harvard MA:  Lucy Wallace (rep / Chair) & Michele Girard (alt)
• Hollis NH: LeeAnn Wolff (rep) & Laura Bianco (alt)
• Lancaster MA:  Susan Munyon (rep)
• Pepperell MA:  Paula Terrasi (rep)
• Shirley MA:   Heidi Ricci (rep) & Betsy Colburn (alt)
• Townsend MA:  Bill Wilkinson (rep)

Other voting committee members:
Nashua River Watershed Association  (1 vote for the NRWA) 

• Elizabeth Ainsley Campbell
• Al Futterman
• Martha Morgan

National Park Service  (1 vote for the NPS) 

• Jamie Fosburgh
• Liz Lacy
• Emma Lord (NPS Fellow)

​Non-voting members include representatives from MA Div. of Ecological Restoration, MA Div. of Fish & Wildlife, US Fish & Wildlife Service and U.S. Geological Survey.

• Devens Enterprise Commission (Neil Angus)
  
• MA Division of Ecological Restoration (Cindy Delpapa)
• MA Division of Fish & Wildlife (Anne Gagnon)
• US Fish & Wildlife Service (Linh Phu)
• US Geological Survey (Jeff Barbaro)

Participating guests include local and regional resource experts from Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

Steps of the Study and Designation Process (Click and scroll down for "Steps")

ORRV (Outstandingly Remarkable Resource Values) Sub-Committee

Outreach Sub-Committee